Collage – Jackie Stewart’s Grand Prix Album
Sir Jackie Stewart
The wives and girlfriends of racing drivers of the 1960s and 1970s, in most cases, were enthusiastic members of the team. They played an active part in the pit and paddock at race meetings, usually seen sitting on the pit counter with clipboard and stopwatches in hand. This enthusiasm and exuberance continued at home as the “clippings” secretary, cataloging words, pictures and other ephemera of their beloved’s career.
One such girlfriend, and later wife, Helen Stewart, kept a record of her man, Jackie. These books now amount to some 17 volumes and are a historical record of the fast-lane life and times of a multiple World Champion racing driver. His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco penned the book’s foreword, which is followed by a word of thanks to Lady Helen from Sir Jackie. Opening in 1955 with him as a 16-year-old clay pigeon shooter, the book is a tapestry of both motor racing and family moments concluding in 1974, the first year of his so-called retirement.
Publisher Genesis Publications has done similar books for Stephen Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Eric Clapton, so this one is lavishly hand-bound in leather with 208 premium gilt-edged art paper pages. It’s all presented in a handcrafted slipcase inspired by Sir Jackie’s crash helmet, finished with silk laminated paper, gold foil and a Royal Stewart tartan band.
Limited to just 1,500 copies worldwide, this book will be the one you wished you had purchased in the not too distant future. Available for US$475 (£295) from www.Genesis-Publications.com
